- Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)
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Democratic Labour Party Leader Freundel Stuart Founded 1955 Current seats 20 / 30Most seats 24 (1986) Fewest seats 2 (1999) Website www.dlpbarbados.org Politics of Barbados
Political parties
ElectionsThe Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is a political party in Barbados, and currently the ruling party of the country. It is led by Freundel Stuart.
History
The DLP was founded in 1955 by Errol Barrow.[1] Once a member of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), Barrow broke away to form this more left-leaning alternative. However, as a result of this common origin, the two parties have been and remain ideologically similar. In the 1956 general elections the party received 19.9% of the vote and won four seats.[2] In the next elections in 1961 it received fewer votes than the BLP, but won a majority of the seats in Parliament, with Barrow becoming Premier. After the party retained power in the 1966 elections (this time with a plurality of the vote),[3] Barrow became the country's first Prime Minister. The party won a third successive election in 1971, but lost power to the BLP in 1976.[4] They remained in opposition until victory in the 1986 elections, in which they won 24 of the 27 seats.[4] They remained in power following the 1991 elections, but were defeated by the BLP in the 1994 elections. They returned to power again in 2008.
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Political parties in Barbados 
Current parties Barbados Labour Party · Democratic Labour Party · People's Democratic Congress · People's Empowerment Party (Clement Payne Movement)Defunct parties Barbados National Party · Congress Party · National Democratic Party · People's Political Alliance · People's Progressive Movement · Workers Party of BarbadosPortal:Politics - List of political parties - Politics of Barbados Categories:- Labour parties
- Political parties established in 1955
- Political parties in Barbados
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